Ironing board



July 16, 1946. M SASS v 2,404,194

' IRONING BOARD I Filed Nov. 9, '1944 JNVENTOR. MAX 124 5.5

Patented July 16, 1946 UNITED IRONING BOARD Max Sass, New York, N. Y.Application November 9, 1944, Serial No. 562,674

This invention relates to ironing boards, and

relates more particularly to an improved ironing table comprising a mainboard and a novel sleeveironing board which normally resides within asuitably formed recess within the main board,"

and, when in such position, is flush with the upper surface of the boardand presents no obstruction during the course of normal ironingoperations. When, however, the sleeve-ironing board is to be used, anovel padded cover is slipped from the main body of the board to anadvanced position at one end of the board, at which time thesleeveironing board may be quickly and easily raised to elevatedposition where it may be employed for ironing sleeves and other tubularportions of garments. 7 I

Ironing boards having sleeve-ironing attachments have been known, butthey have been generally unsatisfactory for the reason that when inretracted position relative to the main body of the board, a smooth,unbroken surface for such board was not maintained, and accordingly dur-1 Claim. (Cl. 38104) ing the ironing operations ridges were formed in vthe articles being ironed. In accordance with the present invention, themain board is formed with a longitudinal recess or slot extendinginwardly from the larger end of the board substantially half its fulllength. The sleeve-ironing board is formed with precisely the samecontour as that of the recess, except that it has slightly smallerdimensions so that when the pad coveringthe sleeve-droning board hasbeen removed, a slight space exists between the outer marginal edges ofthe sleeve-ironing board and the recessjalthough when the covering forthe latter board is secured in place no recess exists.

suitable covering which may be more or less permanently secured to thatend of the board opposite the recess, the portion of the covering orpadding normally overlying th supplemental board being formed along itsmarginal edge with a loop which extends over the end wall of the mainboard adjacent the recess. Also, if desired, an elastic tape may besecured to the edges of the main cover in order to retain the cover intaut position while the'inain board is being used. When, however, thesupplemental board is to be employed, th cover is merely slipped overthe endwall of the main'board, and the elastic tape draws the coveringin the direction of the opposit'e end of the board, thus exposing thesupplemental board, which is then raised to elevated position by a pairof novel links having a parallelogram motion, the links being arrangedto have an OVer-the-center locking action. The main cover is thuscompletely out of the way, and the sleeve-ironing board may then b usedwhile rigidly supported in this upper position.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an ironing boardof the character described which is simpl e'and inexpensive toconstruct, and which may be used with facility.

In the drawing: Fig, 1 is a top plan view of one embodiment of thepresent invention, th view showing, in dotted,

lines, the position of the supplemental sleeveironing board in retractedposition, the view 'further showing the pad structure covering the Alsoof importance in thepresent invention is the fact that the upper surfaceof the uncovered sleeve-ironing board, when in retracted position, liesslightly below the plane of the upper surface of the main board. Thesleeve-ironing board," however, is provided with a padding having aneffective thickness equalto the diiference between the planes of the twoboards when the sleeveironing board is in retracted position, andaccordingly when this padding is in place, the upper surface of thepadded sleeve-ironing board is planar with the uncovered upper surfaceof the main board. The padding or covering for the supplemental boardmay be secured along the vertical marginal edges thereof in more or lesspermanent fashion, and need not be removed, except when so worn orburned as to requir recovering.

The main body of the board is provided with a entire board.

ing the free end of the cover or pad in released position, exposing thesleeve-ironing board.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1'.Fig.4 is a broken side elevation of the board showing the sleeve-ironingboard in elevated position.

Fig.5 is a broken bottom plan view of the board; Y The main body of theironing board is shown at l 0, and may be of the usual shape whereinthat portion lying at the left-hand end is formed with parallel sides,and that portion at the right-hand end is tapered, as shown at H. Themeans for supporting the main board are illustrated generally at I2 andI3, and may comprise the usual folding legs, although the same form nopart of the present invention since any leg structure may be employed,or the board may be hinged within a wall recess and be provided at itsouter 55 end with only a single leg.

The board is further provided with a recess l4 extending inwardly fromthe left-hand end thereof, and being of a length equal to substantiallyhalf the length of such board. The sleeve board I5 has the identicalcontour as the opening l4, except that it is of slightly smallerdimansions. It is formed on its upper surface with a padding orcovering'lt-which extends downwardly, as shownat lL-aroundthe outermarginal-edges of such sleeve board, such portion I! being tacked" orotherwise secured to said vertical edges. The sleeve board issoproportioned relative to recess [4 that when the cover 86 and marginaledges l'l thereof are in place-, as shown in Fig. 3, there will be noopening; between; such outer marginal edges of the sleeve board and theedges of recess l 4.. It will be notedfrom an examination of Fig. 3

that the sleeve board 55. is formed from materialof slightly lesserthickness than main board la; The: difference between the-thicknesses ofthe several boards is equal to the thickness of the padding 6, and thesupporting means hereinafter described for the sleeve board are soarranged as to havethe upper surface of'sleeve board l5 lying below theplane of the main; board HLjthe padding 25, however, making; up for"this boardi i5 iSril'l retractedposition, as shown in Fig.

1 1 3, the upper surface of padding 1B is plane with the upper unpa'ddedsurface l9, of the main board.

The main board is further provided with acovering- 26 which willusuallyincluda'a' padding element, and such covering may be generally ofthe shape of the main board with excess material" around the marginaledges which; drape over, and. are 'afiixed; to, the, lower edge of themain board; '-At the right-hand end of the board, these marginaledgeportions 2! may be secured to the lower surfaceof board H1" by meansof] tacks 22, or other suitable means. To the left of. the tacks 22shownin Fig. 5,. thepadding is formed. with a loop 24- extending around thethreesides thereof; and within such loop ani elastic element 25 is:positioned. Y

When the sleeve board, as such, is notin use, it; will. be in. loweredposition, asv shown in Fig. 3,

and in; such position the. padding 2! may be; so.-

cured around the marginal. edges of the .mainboard due to the elastic inthe loop; thus giving;

the mainboard the sleeve board an'effective all-over covering of paddingmaterial. since the upper surface of sleeve board I=5' 13:1'6- cessed,relative to the upper-surface of main board board, will have a'perfectly smooth surface; which will form no. depressions to reduce thequality 60 The following means; are provided for support-' of theironing.

into elevated position. Substantially U shaped elements 26 and 21are'provided at their terminal-s with studs 28 forming shafts. Theseshafts are journalled on the lower surface of the main board by means ofbearing members 30. The central portions 3| and 32 of elements 26 and 21are also journalled to the leeve board 15 by means of bearing elements34. Studs 28 have stop portions 31which, are so disposed relative to themain body Qf elements '26 and 2 7 as to. engagethe lower surface ofboard I 0 when the. board has been .raised to elevated position throughan' arc of more than 90, as shown. in Fig. 4.

" slight difference, and accordingly when the sleeve One stop member inU shaped element 21 is replaced by a crank portion 40' having a handle4| at its outer terminal. A plate 46 secured on the lower surface or themain board overlies a portion of opening I, and thus limits downwardmovement of the supplemental sleeve board.

It;will be seen from the: foregoing, that when the sleeve board is inits lowermost position, its upper padded surface is plane. with theupper unpadded' surface of main. board Ill, and when the padding 20occupies the position shown in Fig. 1,. the ironing surface will havean, all=over The pad. covering 29 may be in,-

and' the elastic. element 2.5

smoothness. stantly released,

therein draws it. tothe position'shown in Fig. 2, whiclrthenpermits the;supplemental board to bezraised upwardly to theposition shown in Fig. I

4, ini'which' position it is perfectly rigid since the 7 weight of theironn and of the material ,being,

5 l0, and suchrecessed area is effectrvelyfilled w1th' 5 covering I5 forthe; sleeve board, the upper surface of the main board, including the:sleeveing the sleeve board I5, and for raising the same boardmthisipc-sition. V

ironed effectively locks the supplemental sleeve While one form orembodiment of the inven-s tion. has beenshownand describedhereimforillustrative purposes; and the construction and arrangement incidentalto a specific application.

pad. covering the upper surface of the sleeve board; the upper surfaceof the pad. normally being planar with the upper surface, of the mainboard, a. pad normally covering the main; board and the sleeve board andbeing removable therefrom, and mean for raising the sleeve board tov anelevated' position substantially parallel with the main board when theremovable pad has been removed.

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